Good news about the reunion. Donald and I will try to attend this time. We are in town for my mother's memorial service at Valhalla. Though a sad occasion, she lived a full life and was 93 when she passed. Will be great to see family, and already caught up with a few friends from BTHS, as well. Lots of changes in Belleville and surrounding area. I forgot the humidity and head combo. Will be happyt to be in our AZ heat at home.

Well, we had our first reunion meeting tonight at Lynn Koehler's home and the committee has started to make plans for our 45th reunion. We hope to get the website active again and to get all of you out their active again in posting messages and helping us update lost classmates with addresses and emails. It's hard to believe time flies so fast that another reunion could be coming up so fast. Let us know what is on your mind and give us suggestions and catch us up on your lives and families. We want to hear from you.

Dale and Donna Zink, Class of '65

Edited by author 02-22-2009 09:17 PM
In Remmeberance:

SANDRA LYNN MCCLUSKEY HOLDGATE - CLASS OF '65

Dear friends,

No other way to say it but Sandy passed away at 3am this morning. (DECEMBER 31, 2008) She fought a good fight, but she was needed somewhere else and by some one else more powerfull than me. She is at peace now. She did not want anyone to morn her passing, but she would love everyone to have a drink for her and remember her living. She never recognized how many people she touched in such a special way. Guess that is why I asked her to marry me 42 years ago the first time I met her. I told her that she was the girl I was going to marry some day--HER responce " BULL SHIT." It has been a hell of a ride and I am so lucky to have won her over to my dark side.
Thank you all for loving her!

Pete
spholdg8@embarqmail.com

P.S. You can see a picture of us elsewhere on the website in happier times. Third picture down on CLASSMATES page.

There will never be retirement when you have to worry about social security and an 88 yr old father sliding into dementia. Otherwise I have 1 grandson, 5 grandpets and a granddaughter on the way.

Lee, Carol View/Sign Guest Book
 
 
Carol Lee
Carol Kay Lee, nee Randle, 61, of Albany, Ga., died Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008, following a graceful and courageous 20 month battle against pancreatic cancer.
Born in 1947, to William and Una, nee Valentine, Randle, Carol was raised in Fairview Heights, Ill., and graduated from Belleville High School. Carol worked for years for the court system in Albany, Ga., including Dougherty County Juvenile Court, Superior Court Dougherty Judicial Circuit and, most recently, as executive administrative assistant to U.S. District Judge W. Louis Sands since 1994.
A devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend, she enjoyed reading, trips to the beach and the mountains, laughing until tears ran down her face and spending time with her extended family. A member of Porterfield United Methodist Church, she spent many hours of her life volunteering for various organizations, including U.S. Army Community Services in Butzbach, Germany, the Liberty House in Albany and Theater Albany, where she was involved in numerous productions in various behind the scenes rolls.
Carol was preceded in death by her father, William Randle; grandparents; aunts, uncles and cousins; who have all welcomed her home.
Surviving are her husband of 12 years, Terry Lee of Albany, Ga.; daughters, Karen "K.K." Snyder of Leesburg, Ga., and Kristine Elizabeth (Les) Deere of Hendersonville, Tenn.; son, David Louis (Carrie Ross) Lee of Clarksville, Tenn.; step-children, Kim (Noel) Ubiadas of Riverside, Calif., Margaux Lee, of Atlanta, Ga., and Livia (Kale) Suggs of Albany, Ga.; grandchildren, Garret and Caitlin Snyder of Leesburg, Ga., Tyler, Hannah and Alexis Deere of Hendersonville, Tenn., David, Suella and Jillian Ross of Clarksville, Tenn., Savannah, Rachel and Lilah Ubiadas of Riverside, Calif., and Colton Suggs of Albany, Ga.; her mother, Una Randle of Columbia, Ill.; brother, Ned W. (Rita) Randle of Smithton, Ill., a nephew, Adam (Joyce) Randle; nieces, Allison Randle and Katherine Randle; great-niece, Audrey Randle and a vast number of faithful friends.
Those desiring may make donations in Carol's memory to: Ronald McDonald House Charities, Attn: Charitable Accounting, One Kroc Drive, Oak Brook, Ill., 60523 or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn., 38105-1942. To sign our online registry or to send condolences to the family, you may visit www.mathewsfuneralhome.com.

I found Irma Marler. She is in Kansas City, KS
Thanks to all who have helped me with the search!

Hi
I'm looking for Irma Marler. Does anyone know of her whereabouts? She had a brother named Mildy.

Thank you!

Hey Tom, sorry about that. My E-mail address is DAmenn@aol.com. Hope all is well with you. And yes, the MG is buried somewhere in the garage. Hope to work on it some year. I'll probably be to old to care when that time comes around. Hope to here from you. I did write to you at the adress you gave me but I guess it didn't go through or it's lost in cyber space somewhere. take care, Don

Hey Janet.....I sure rememeber you! I wonder what we would all be like now if we could go back and sit in those classes! Bet things would be very different ...........don't you think!
Nice to see people keep stopping by...........hard to believe we are all this old..........holy cow : )
We had a miserable winter too........still not warm in Chicago
Linda

I just decided to check in on the site and was pleased to see new posts. It's great to see that some of us are still kicking. We have had a tough
winter in Kansas City. Very cold. I am so glad and thankful that spring is finally coming.
I guess it's time to start thinking about spending my winters on a beach somewhere. I just sold my home and moved to an apartment last year. Downsizing and saving for my retirement place in the sun. I like the apartment life. It's small and no YARD WORK or snow to shovel.
I remember some of the people that have posted-Jan Hunt, Linda Betten, Sharon Sandberg. Our class was so big and I was sort of a loner.
All of those names brings back memories. I had some good times at BTHS and BJC also.
I plan on making it in 2010. It will be great to see some of you.
Take care and God bless all of you

Don, I do not have your email address. Here is mine "cooterr2003@yahoo.com"

From your posting, am I to assume that the MGB has not seen daylight for awhile? ggg

Hey Tom, it's good to see that you are still haggin in there. I'm still pushin snow and grading ditches for IDOT and probably will for awhile. But Aunt Fannies Donuts is still a up and coming business. We just ran Cripy Cream out of town. And I too am glad to see that the car show season is coming around again. It's a great way to relax and indulge in the oldies. I've still got the MGB in the garage somewhere. I know it's there. Yes I do keep in touch with T.Davis and J. Brown. I see Bill Vogel and Barry Norman now and then. I haven't seen Don Muskopf in 20 or more years. Don't know how he is.

Well, the good weather can't get here soon enough. Hope all is well with all our class mates and that they too can enjoy the good spring weather just around the corner. For all of those living in the St. Louis Metro East area there is a new radio station coming on line April 1st. Call leters KZQZ 1430 AM will play only 50's and 60's music. So far the prevues have been great. If youget a chance tune it in. It's just the cure for all of us stuck in that era and loving it. We may have to grow older but there is no rule that we have to grow up.

Well guys, my best to all of you. Tom if you get a chance drop me a e-mail. Love to hear from you. Take care all. Don

It's time to get the car ready for another summer of car shows, cruise ins and old "rock and roll". The kids are out of the house, daughter's married and my son bought a house and the wife is working. Ahh, Life is good.

Glad to hear that you guys are still around and causing trouble. About my only contacts with the class is here on this site or the reunions. I've been living in Indy since college. I didn't attend the last get together and wish I had. If all continues to go well, then the next reunion, it will be.

Don, Are they still selling "Aunt Fannies Donuts"? What else is going on in town these days. I almost hate to ask, but do you have any contact with T Davis, Roger Anna, J Brown, B Vogel, Muskopf, Barry Norman.

Well for now this will have to do. It's always good to see a new post and Kent, I'm glad to hear that youve retired from commercial flying. I'm sure your flying was better than your Driving!! (GGG)

Eight months since the last posting. Wow! Time flies. Another school year almost over. Nice hearing from you Don and seeing you, too, recently! I agree, it's fun to catch up on old times! I always hope a new posting will get old class mates writing again. Barb Johnson from Notre Dame has a great email list going for Donna and their classmates. We get emails sometimes weekly. But, most times it's for classmates or families members that have passed! Yikes! So, let's hope that everybody that reads this makes it to the 45th Reunion! Happy Spring to everybody and summer, too, if I don't write for a while!

Dale and Donna Zink
BTHS and Notre Dame Classes of 1965

Hi to all, Yep I to am still working and probably will be for a long time. I still pass the old BTHS campus everyday and the memories just pop right out. We sure did have a lot of good times there. If I just knew then what I know now. You know that old story. Hope all are doing well and looking forward to retirement sometime. It will be a while for me but that;s alright. I do run in to some class mates now and then and it is great to talk old times. Our forty-fifth will be coming up in a few years and I hope to see a lot of you there. Take care all and God bless.

Happy Thanksgiving to all my classmates. Kent Keller